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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



American Tea. 



London, X. 11, July, 1841. 



To ike Editor of the Farmer's jyionlhly Visiior. 



As there arc uvAiiy inqiiirips respecting the 

 piulierini; iiml (h-viiij; niir native Aixierican Tea, 

 1 would ohservf tliut this Tea has mostly been 

 used for a medii-iiie iis a rernedy for pleurisy, 

 wliich has given it the m.iihc of KM)\vfed :. there- 

 fore the best method ot'diyiiiL' it I" make it pal- 

 iiteable has been linle slmlicd. Tily iiielliod li;is 

 been to strip the haves liorri tl]r str.lk wiili the 

 hand in the lield as it praiids— put them in tin 

 pans and set thcni iu aviarniovn lill^^il!ed— 

 then dry them on blankets in the shaile. Great 

 iiiiprovenieiits nsay l)e made on this method, I 

 have no douht. 



Habit has a stroiig hold on man : there are 

 those who have taken this tea at first as medi- 

 cine, and who preler it to tlie lea iinporti-d from 

 China after using it for a while. This plant may 

 be found in almost every part of New Enjiland — 

 it has all the exhilarating properties of foreign 

 ten, and may be secured with little expense. 

 Respectfully yours, 



SHADRACH GATE. 



A Reclaimed Swamj). 



Hon. Isaac Hill: — Sia — 1 have a pprnrp 

 Bvvamp which 1 have reclaimed containinf: alioiii 

 six acres. I have mown it lor two years past, 

 and have a fine crop on it this season. Slionid 

 you thiid< it worthy of notice I slioidd like uni 

 to call over sometitue this week and see it for 

 yourself, and I will give you a history of it. In 

 julv 1839, I measm-ed out 4830-100 rods and 

 .■lit" off 23-46 lbs. of good stable hay. It lies 

 within fifty rods of the old Congregational Mee- 

 ting house in this town. 



Yours respectfiillv, 



JOHN BERRY. 



Pitlsjield, July 6, 1841. 



f[^We regret that otiier occupations left it 

 out of our power to visit Mr. Berry's reclaimed 

 land : we cannot doubt it to be all lie represents 

 it, and hope still he will give us a written history 

 of its improvement. A litilo lot of land within 

 half or three fo\utbs of a nfde of the Congrega- 

 tional Clun-ch in I'ittsfield accidentally fe.'i into 

 our possession nearlv twiiitv vcars ago: it is an 

 excellent piece of laml, and it was our -ood ibi- 

 t.me licn. K. hav l!,is ^.'.-i.icni ,1 pn^p-,;, 1,11 

 nrar a villa-o that lias bm, r\, ■,■,■, Imil1> ,->:. -i--Ii- 



acci'dent had ocM-inred. We have at no lii.i.; 

 been a speculator in lands— we have taken it in 

 a few instances from secmetyslii|; or on failure 

 of obtaining cash for debts due; and we do not 

 now recollect any instance where the value of 

 these lands has not constantly advanced. If we 

 have had other bad fortune, the ownership of 

 land solar has been our good fortune: this is 

 one ground of our stroni; attachment to the soil. 

 Such improvement as Air. Berrv has made in 

 Pittsfield comes well to the aid of that beanliful 

 and prosperous village in wliicii wilbiii a sbnii 

 lime three new mci-lin:.' lioiises have been erec- 

 ted, and around \\\n<ii: t'alamniiut and ollu'r el- 

 evations as well as uloi;g the fertile valley of the 

 flowing Smicnok :ne soaie as beautiful liirms as 

 can be I'ouiid in the country. 



Everywhere when we travel do we meet tlie 

 work oi'reccmly reclaimed bog meadows. 3! my 

 thousand tons of the best English bay have I in 

 aided to the production of'ihe New Eiuhii:! 

 States uilhin tlie last tliree years: we can hani- 

 I;, iIomIh that in ihiec \ ears to come this qnaiitii_\ 

 will iiirn-ase four ruli!. It is well calculated to 

 su[iply l!;e plirc iil' those fielils of mowing 

 grrnind upmi the higlilands that present but too 

 sad evidence that many liumers may yet think of 

 removing to Illinois or Wisconsin. — Ed. F. M. 

 Visitor. 



The Wedded Life. 



BY ".IRS. PANFOUn, 



power and iiatme of a woman to manii'est lier 

 (levotedntss by a thousand hltle attentions, she 

 must not repine if she receives not the like. 



The feeli(if;s of the other sex are iiot so soft 

 and exquisite as thoee of our own ; if they were 

 we might possibly be happier, and we may for a 

 niumi-ul w isli tliey were so, but we shall restrain 

 .-.I I'm I iir, if we reflect how much more 

 111' ' 1 be by such a constitution to bear 



Iil : iiilVts of the world. 



|i I- ' I III I lovers' quarrels arc but the re- 

 neual uf lo\e, but it is not so in truth. Contimi- 

 ed differences and bickerings will undermine the 

 :«lroiigest aftection, and a wife cannot be too 

 careful to avoid disputes upon the most trivial 

 subject; indeed it is the every day occm-rences 

 W'hicli try the love and temper of the married 

 life ; great occasions for quarrels .•seldom occur. 

 Every wish, every jirejuilice must meet vvilh 

 attention, and the first lliought of a vvouiaii 

 should be the pleasing and providing for her 

 husband. It is imiiossible to enumerate all the 

 little inci<lents which may annoy married men, 

 or the little unobtrusive pleasure which it is in 

 the power of ii wile to give: but throughout her 

 life in employments, she must bear his pleasin-es 

 on her mind. She must act tor him in prefer- 

 ence to herself, and she will be airqily rewarded 

 by witnessing his delight in her ami his hotne. 

 'i'o a woman who loves lier husband with all the 

 devotedncss of her nature, this will be u pleasure, 

 not a t<-i»k; and to make liiin happy, she will 

 never grudge any sacrifice of self. 



The greatest misery a woman can experience 

 is the clianged heart, "and the alienated affections 

 of her husband, but even in that i)ainful case 

 she must not upbraid ; she must bear with pa- 

 tience and fortitude her great disappointment; 

 she niu>i irturn good for evil to the utmost, and 

 her coiisolalioM will be the consciousness that her 

 trials have not their rise or continuance in any 

 decline of afFeetion or duty on her part 



Som.- women in order to win back the hus- 

 band's wandering love, have recourse to attempts 

 to arouse his jealousy; but they are much mista- 

 ken in pursuing such a course. \ man, however 

 debased his conduct, never entirely lljrgets the 

 love be once bore to the Iwide of his yomli ; there 

 are moments when feeling.s of teudei niss lor her 

 will return uilh force to biahei.rt; to reap the 

 lieneflis of Mn!i moments, the injincil, (brgiving 

 wile inii.~t ^ull III' i-usliriiied in the purity of fbr- 

 iiier iiiui > A biisbaiiil will excuse his limits to 

 hiiiiscll, and in s.iuu- measure, stand exonerated 

 in the xvorld, it the wife relax in the pro()ricty of 

 lier conduct, while on the coutiarN , the genlle 

 lorbearance, the nnconiplaining patience, and the 

 unobirusivc rectitude of the woman he injmes 

 will deeply stiike to his heart, and do much tc 

 win hitn back to his former love, and to the ob- 

 servance of the vows he breathed at the altar 

 wbere his heart was devoted to the being from 

 whom it has wandered. A kind look, affectionate 

 expression half uttered, must bring liis wife to 

 his side, and she must with smiles of tenderness, 

 eiicourago the retun.ing aflection, carefully 

 aMiiiliug all reference to her sufferings or the 

 cause of them. 



This will not be dilScult for virtuous 

 periorm. Our love which before marriage 

 constrained by the modesty and reserve natural 

 to our sex, increases in fi^rvency and o'epth after- 

 wards; it enable.- us to bear unlelt the world's 

 >i'ii:i ; all is sw.dlowed U|> ill it. An affectiouiite 

 \', ii; 'liiigs t!i her husband tliroii^^b poverty and 

 iirla s ; and the more the world recedes fr 

 !iim, the uioi-o firmly will she stand by him ; 

 will be hi,-^ liiL-nd «rii-ii no others come near hmi; 

 she will bi; hi.; rniiil()vter when all earthly com 

 liirt:', have slid from him. Her devotedness will 

 be his rock, when he has no otiier support ; she 

 will smile at the frowns of the world; she will 

 not heed its censures; he is her all, and in love 

 are all other feelings to be forgotten or absorbed. 

 .\o sacrifice will be too great, the faintest smile 

 will not be rewarded too little: quick at feeling 

 uukiuiiiipss, ue are also quick at feeling tender- 

 :m-.s. alula very trilliiiL' circuinstaueo issuflicient 

 ; I a\'.a! -11 Hi- t.i Nt'ill the pain of our heart, and 

 linii:. us ii!i,-crv or happiness, 



have recently been informed. Castol" beans arc 

 cutth'ated to consideiable extent in other coun- 

 ties in the sonlhern part of the stale, but what 

 quantity of oil i,s mantitiictnred we are Unable to 

 say. Twenty bushels to the acre are I'onsidered 

 an average jfeld, and sell at from 81 to §1,25 per 

 bushel. They are thought to be a good prepara- 

 tory crop for the different grains, as they leave the 

 lii in a good state, without in the least e xhaust- 

 g it. This article has one advantage over most 

 her productions: the greater iiart of the work 

 of harvesting can be done by childriMi, without 

 interfering with the ordinary operations of a fiuMii. 

 (?reat care, however, itmst be used in drying, and 

 sheds or oilier out-biiilHings are rccpiisite for this 

 purpose. The season, so far south as Randolph 

 oiuity, our intbrmaiit states, is about tuo weeks 

 n advance of its coming in this latitude, :md the 

 cold of autunui delayed two weeks longer. He 

 gave it as liii opinion that, in co.iseqneiice of 

 ' is, the beans would nor have sufficient time to 

 come to maturity here. But if the season be 

 somewhat shorter, the growth of vegetation is 

 more rapid when it commences, and no doubt is 

 entertained by those conversant with the sub- 

 ject, that our climate is well adapted to the pro- 

 duction. 



Some people are apprehensive that if the cul- 

 tivation of the castor bean were introduced jrcn- 

 erally throngliont the state, no market could be 

 found for the oil. and imagine that a thousand 

 barrels even, the produce of a single county, 

 would be sufli'.-ient to physic the world. This is 

 a tuistake. Till very late'ly it has been imt)orted 

 from Europe for medicinal purposes, and we be- 

 lieve is yet to some extent But when this wani 

 is supplied, large quantities of it will becon.suni- 

 ed as a substitute for sperm oil, the price of which 

 is yearly increasing, in consequence of the de- 

 struction or disappearance of the whales from 

 which it is obtained. To clarify castor oil is a 

 very siinple ])rocess, and then it is said to give a 

 clearer light than sp'-rm. and to be entirely free 

 from offensive smell. — Yankee Farmer. 



Native Castor Oil. — We were not aware 

 till-very lately of the extent to which this article 

 is manufactured in Illinois. A thousand barrets 

 are annually made in Randolph county,- as we 



From the Yankee F.irmer. 



Bo>-E INIanure. — We have he:iril many com- 

 plaints mad(! against the bone niamire tli:it is sold 

 ill Boston. It is alleged that it i.-* iml bfiiclicial 

 to the crops in the le.ist degree. We have made 

 sonic inquiries into this siiiiject, and find that the 

 proprietor of the bone mill in Roxbury, collects 

 liones from the provision dealers in the city, the 

 very best for luannre, and that he boils them as 

 wc'have been informed, until all the grease rse.v- 

 tracled — he is a .soapboiler. — After that the bones 

 are ground and sold for niaunre. This is a poor 

 way to intrixbice a new article to the attention of 

 fiu-meis, though it may for n season given great 

 profit to the rxpcriiiieiiter. We want a bone- 

 tnill establisliPil in tlio vicinity, that will turn out 

 manm-e that fanners can d'ejiend upon. The 

 following extract from Chaptal, page ,5i), shows 

 the manner in which hone manure shniihl be 

 prepared, and alludes to pniclices similar to those 

 adopted by our Roxbury speculator : 



Bones have, at the present time, become, in the 

 hands of the agricnllarist. a jiowerfiil agent in 

 fertiliziiii.' the soil. These ])arts of animals are 

 principally composed of phosphate of lime and 

 of gelatine. Those hones which are most usual- 

 ly employed, contain about equal quantities of 

 phosiihate and gelatine. The bones of the ox 

 yield from fifty to fifty-five jier cent of gelatine ; 

 those of the horse thirty-six to forty; ami those 

 of the bog from forty-eight to fifty. " 



The bones of young anim:ils contain more eel- 

 aliup than those of older animals and have a less 

 cfimpact texture. The bones of the feet of the 

 elk, the roe-buck, stag, and hare afford, upon 

 analysis, from eighty to ninety per cent of plios- 

 phate. 



When bones are to be employed as a manure, 

 they should be ground .fine, and thrown into a 

 heap to ferment As soon astliis action shall 

 have commenced, so as to give out a penetrating 

 odor, the mass should be spread upon the earth, 

 and bo afierwards mixed with it ; or it may be 

 thrown upon the seed, and biirird in the ground 

 with it When seeds are sown in furrows, it is 

 a good method to place some of the ground bonca 

 in the fin-rows with them. 



In some countries the fnt and a great part of the 

 gelatine are trtradedfrom bones, by boiling them in 

 water, before selUng themjor agricu'lural purposes. 



